Fulminate \Ful"mi*nate\, n. [Cf. P. fulminate. See {Fulminate}, v. i.] (Chem.) (a) A salt of fulminic acid. See under {Fulminic}. (b) A fulminating powder. [1913 Webster] {Fulminate of gold}, an explosive compound of gold; -- called also {fulminating gold}, and {aurum fulminans}. [1913 Webster]
Aurum \Au"rum\, n. [L.] Gold. [1913 Webster] {Aurum fulminans} (?). See {Fulminate}. {Aurum mosaicum} (?). See {Mosaic}. [1913 Webster]